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Text:A Parting Hymn We Sing
Author:Aaron R. Wolfe
Tune:SCHUMANN

431. A Parting Hymn We Sing

1 A parting hymn we sing
around your table, Lord;
again our grateful tribute bring,
our solemn vows record.

2 Here have we seen your face,
and felt your presence here;
so may the savor of your grace
in word and life appear.

3 We're purchased by your blood,
by sin no longer led,
the path our dear Redeemer trod
may we rejoicing tread.

4 In self-forgetting love
be our communion shown,
until we join the church above,
and know as we are known.

Text Information
First Line: A parting hymn we sing
Title: A Parting Hymn We Sing
Author: Aaron R. Wolfe (1858; Mod.)
Meter: S.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Topic: Church: Communion of Saints; Imitation of Christ
Tune Information
Name: SCHUMANN
Meter: S.M.
Key: A♭ Major
Source: Mason and Webb's Cantica Laudis, 1850



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